Biology:Gemmula machapoorensis
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
Gemmula machapoorensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | Gemmula |
Species: | G. machapoorensis
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Binomial name | |
Gemmula machapoorensis Maury 1925
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Gemmula machapoorensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 19 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata of Panama, Trinidad and Tobago and Florida, USA.
References
- W. C. Mansfield. 1925. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods from Trinidad, British West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(22):9116-9125
- A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.
Wikidata ☰ Q115794041 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemmula machapoorensis.
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